A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with the line 'two ships passing in the night'?

Question

If I have the correct author, what is the title of this poem?

Answer 1

It's "Tales of a Wayside Inn. Part iii. The Theologian’s Tale: Elizabeth. iv."

The passage is:

"Ships that pass in the night and speak each other in passing;
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence."

Answer 2

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A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with the line 'two ships passing in the night'?
If I have the correct author, what is the title of this poem?

Answer 3

"The Theologian's Tale" (published in Tales of a Wayside Inn, 1873)
'Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing'

Answer 4

Most likely all of those on the boat without the dinghy unless the dinghy owner has other equipment to prevent it.

Answer 5

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Ancient Greek. The following is Cowper's (18th century English poet) translation- the original is from "The Iliad": "Night, thrice welcome." "Night, undesired by Troy, but to the Greeks Thrice welcome for its interposing gloom."

Answer 6

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